NOTES: Arizona Looks to Tame The Tigers in Sweet 16 - University of Arizona Athletics (2024)

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• Five players scored in double figures against LBSU, the 19th time Arizona has done that this season (leads NCAA).

• Head coach Tommy Lloyd is 88-19 (.821) in his third season at Arizona. He is one win shy of tying the NCAA record for wins by a first time head coach in his first three seasons.

• The Wildcats are 19-8 all-time in the NCAA Tournament as a No. 2 seed.

• Arizona is one of two teams in the country with three players recording 120+ assists this season (Gonzaga).

• The 651 assists by Arizona this season are tied for fifth in school history. Under Lloyd, Arizona has registered three of the top five seasons in team assists in program history.

• Senior Pelle Larsson earned Second Team All Pac-12 honors and is 10 of 18 from the 3-point line over the last four games. He had 15 points vs. LBSU and 13 points vs. Dayton.

• Senior Keshad Johnson keyed the Arizona offense to start the second half vs. LBSU, going on a personal 7-0 run to extend the lead. In the second round game against Dayton, Johnson finished with 13 points, seven rebounds and two steals. He earned Pac-12 All-Defensive Team Honorable Mention accolades while also setting personal career highs in nearly every offensive category this season. Johnson has made 36 3FG this season after making a total of 28 in four years at San Diego State and is connecting at a 40.0% clip this season from behind the line. Johnson has scored in double figures 24 out of 35 games this season at Arizona. In his four seasons, and 113 games, at San Diego State, he scored in double figures 25 times.

• Sophom*ore Kylan Boswell has 129 assists and just 61 turnovers this season. The native of Champaign, Ill., has scored in double figures 20 times this season, including a career-high 20 points against Long Beach State in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament. He is averaging 9.8 points, 2.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game while shooting 38.5% from the 3-point line.

• Sophom*ore Jaden Bradley is in his first season in Tucson after playing his freshman year at Alabama. Coming out of high school, his final two schools were Alabama and Arizona. He was the most impactful player for Arizona in the win over Dayton, recording 12 points, four rebounds, two assists, three steals and three blocked shots in 27 minutes of action. While his numbers for the season may not jump off the page (6.7 points, 2.3 rebounds, 2.0 assists), it is his impact at the defensive end that is noteworthy. According to EvanMiya.com, Bradley is one of the top 10 players in the country in defensive impact on a game. His season high scoring output was a career-high 21 points against Arizona State on Feb. 17.

• Freshman KJ Lewis was a Pac-12 All-Freshman Team Honorable Mention player this season. He led all scorers with 15 points on 6 of 10 shooting from the floor vs. USC at the Pac-12 Tournament. He also added six rebounds. His top two scoring games of the year have come in the last four games (18 pts at UCLA on 3/7/24). His 37 steals are the 10th-most by an Arizona freshman in program history.

• Motiejus Krivas is averaging 5.5 points and 4.3 rebounds while playing 12.3 minutes per game this season. The 7-foot-2 post player from Lithuania is also 49-63 (77.8%) at the free throw line and is shooting 55.0% from the floor. His top offensive game came on Nov. 17 when he scored 20 points against Belmont. Against Dayton, he chipped in with four poitns and three rebounds in nine minutes of playing time. He did not attempt a shot from the floor, but he had six rebounds and was a defensive force in the paint at UCLA on March 7.

• Caleb Love is a semifinalist for the Wooden Award and the Naismith Trophy and a finalist for the Jerry West Award for the top shooting guard in the country.

RECORD AT CRYPTO.COM ARENA
Since Crypto.com Arena opened in October of 1999 as the Staples Center, Arizona has played 15 games in the venue. The Wildcats record is 12-13 in those games.

The last time Arizona played in the building was Dec. 3, 2016, in a 69-62 loss to No. 8 Gonzaga.

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